With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
OTTO VON BISMARCKThe great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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Great men have great dogs.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
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People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Politics ruins the character.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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